Bamboo Garden Hotel Beijing

This hotel is off the beaten track, and has very atmospheric grounds- our driver was taking photos of the yellow leaves on the trees.||I agree with the previous comments- we only used reception for checking in and out. We too were confined to our room for relaxing, which was very comfortable , and the restaurant shut up at 9. Although it was very good food, it was disconcerting to be asked to pay the bill at 8.40 while still eating. Breakfast in the same place, geared more naturally to Chinese guests, but omelettes cooked to order.||Plenty of good restaurants on the main drag.||There was a bar/coffee bar in the block we were in, but as no smoking no one was using it, and it did take forever for the coffee machine to spark up.||Little English spoken by staff other than reception, but lots of goodwill.||Wifi in the rooms, which I couldn't use as no chinese phone number to register, but free access wifi in the restaurant and coffee bar. Note unless you use your own data roaming there is no access to FB or whatsapp/google as blocked by the authorities. However occasionally hotels have their own VPN which can access these ( not this hotel).||We used the round tables by the little pond to sit out in the evening with a drink and watch the wildlife.||Would be very happy to stay here again if we return